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Thoughts Born of Ten Hours with Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Quintin Smith recently got a chance to play ten hours’ worth of Eidos Montreal’s latest cyberpunk thriller, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Rather than exhaustively regurgitating every minute, instead he shares the thoughts playing the game put into his head. Thoughts like, “I am SUCH a badass. Watch this!” Oh admit it, you’ve…
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You’ll Never Believe What Hitman‘s Barcode Really Means
Kotaku has confirmed the findings of a Reddit user who deciphered the hidden meaning behind the barcode appearing in the first teaser trailer for Hitman: Absolution IO Interactive revealed earlier today that Agent 47 would be going on a deeply personal journey in Hitman: Absolution, but I never thought it was this personal; this deep.…
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Agent 47 Steps Out of the Shadows in Hitman: Absolution
Betrayed by the only people he trusts and hunted by the police, the beautifully bald and barcoded Agent 47 navigates a vast conspiracy in Hitman: Absolution, the latest adventure for IO Interactive’s killer-for-hire. IO Interactive makes the game official today, after a trademark filing outed the name of Hitman: Absolution late last month. According to…
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Someone Tell This Guy How Good Chrono Cross Is
In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter SecretMoblin openly admits to never having played the PlayStation classic Chrono Cross, and wonders if it’s even worth playing. It’s education time! So I know I’m really, really late to the party on this one, but I just started Chrono Cross yesterday having never played it when it…
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be Steam-Powered
Square Enix partners with Steam for the digital release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution this August, offering a standard version and an Augmented Edition with digital artbook, soundtrack, and a download of the Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition
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Square Enix CEO’s 360 Just Shot Itself in the Foot
Remember 2008? Good Lord, was it nearly three years ago, at E3, that Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII would have an Xbox 360 release, utterly horrifying fanboys of game, publisher and PS3 alike? Well, if one reading of the karmic law is “we all got it coming, kid,” then Yoichi Wada, the CEO of…
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Comics and Gaming Collide in Square Enix’s Imaginary Range
The iPhone and iPad are great for reading comics. The iPhone and iPad are great for playing games. Square Enix taps top talent to combine the two in Imaginary Range, a new sort of interactive comic available free in the iTunes App Store. Imaginary Range is a digital comic with a difference. Written by Souki…
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Dark Horse Digital Comics Debuts with Dungeon Siege III
The comic book publisher behind Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy have launched a digital Dungeon Siege III comic book series, and you can read the first issue right now courtesy of the newly-opened Dark Horse Digital. So they’re a little late to the party. What matters is they made it. Dark Horse Comics launched its…
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“Hitman: Absolution” Seems To Be The Name Of The Game
Just so you know, IO Interactive was doin’ aug- alternate-reality games before doing alternate-reality games was cool, giving up a look at what’s believed to be Hitman’s next entry. A trademark filing by Square Enix now indicates it will be titled “Hitman: Absolution.” The trademark listing with the European Union says the mark, currently under…
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Adam Jensen Lurks Within The PAL Exclusive Deus Ex: Human Revolution Collector’s Edition
North America gets Deus Ex: Human Revolution on August 23. We even get the fancy Augmented Edition, packed with extras and downloadable content. What we don’t get is this sexy Adam Jensen action figure. He’s PAL region only. Available in “extremely limited: quantities in “select European countries” on August 26 and Australia and New Zealand…
By Mike Fahey
